The Storybook Connection
Have you ever watched a time-lapse video of a flower opening in the spring? I imagine that’s what a child’s brain looks like when it connects with a storybook. If you have read aloud to children, either alone or in a group, you know what I mean. While you’re reading, you can almost see the child going into a zone. At the end of the book, for a moment, she may sit and smile or ask a question. But almost every time, if she connects with the story, she will come away with something: a deeper understanding, an emotion, an inspiration, an inside giggle. That is the magic of storybooks.
